Voice and Accountability - Governance score in Afghanistan
Afghanistan: Voice and Accountability - Governance score was 19.25 0-100 in 2024. ▲ Rising
Voice and Accountability - Governance score in Afghanistan, 1996–2024
Source: The Worldwide Governance Indicators: Revised Methodology for Measuring Governance Using Perception Data., World Bank Group (WBG). Measured in 0-100.
Analysis
The most recent figure for voice and accountability - governance score in Afghanistan is 19.25 0-100, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of down 9.2% on the previous year and down 46.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, voice and accountability - governance score in Afghanistan peaked at 39.5 0-100 in 2007 and was at its lowest, 15.58 0-100, in 1998.
Afghanistan ranks 205th of 206 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 26 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 16.65 0-100 | 15.58 0-100 | 17.72 0-100 | 2 |
| 2000s | 33.9 0-100 | 16.63 0-100 | 39.5 0-100 | 9 |
| 2010s | 35.18 0-100 | 32.38 0-100 | 36.89 0-100 | 10 |
| 2020s | 26.97 0-100 | 19.25 0-100 | 37.92 0-100 | 5 |
Countries ranked near Afghanistan
- 202 North Korea 22.06 0-100 compare
- 203 Turkmenistan 21.09 0-100 compare
- 204 Myanmar 19.66 0-100 compare
- 206 Eritrea 16.77 0-100 compare
More reference data data for Afghanistan
- Number of child deaths per woman 0.1872 under-five deaths per woman (2024)
- Fertility rate vs. Human Development Index 4.84 live births per woman (2023)
- Fertility rate: births per woman 4.84 live births per woman (2023)
- Fertility rate: births per woman 4.84 live births per woman (2023)
- Human Development Index 0.496 (2023)
- Rule of Law - Governance score 23.65 0-100 (2024)
- Rule of Law - Governance estimate -1.94 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 (2024)
- Voice and Accountability - Governance estimate -2.15 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 (2024)
- Political Stability - Governance estimate -2.21 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 (2024)
- Political Stability - Governance score 28.23 0-100 (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is voice and accountability - governance score in Afghanistan?
- Voice and accountability - governance score in Afghanistan was 19.25 0-100 in 2024, according to The Worldwide Governance Indicators: Revised Methodology for Measuring Governance Using Perception Data., World Bank Group (WBG).
- What is the highest voice and accountability - governance score recorded in Afghanistan?
- The highest recorded value was 39.5 0-100 in 2007.
- What is the lowest voice and accountability - governance score recorded in Afghanistan?
- The lowest recorded value was 15.58 0-100 in 1998.
- How does Afghanistan rank for voice and accountability - governance score?
- Afghanistan ranks 205th out of 206 countries with data for 2024.
- Is voice and accountability - governance score rising or falling in Afghanistan?
- Over the last ten years it is down 46.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Afghanistan data come from?
- The figures come from The Worldwide Governance Indicators: Revised Methodology for Measuring Governance Using Perception Data., World Bank Group (WBG), published as part of Voice and Accountability - Governance score (0-100). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Voice and Accountability (VA) captures perceptions of the extent to which citizens can participate in selecting their government including electoral integrity, and of accountability mechanisms for citizens—reflected in the ability to access information, governmental oversight bodies, and a robust traditional/digital media landscape. Governance score is a linear transformation of the governance estimate using hypothetical worst-case and base-case countries. It is an absolute score ranging from 0-100. Larger values correspond to better governance. The (country-series-time) metadata include the (a) number of sources, and (b) confidence intervals (lower and upper bound). The number of sources indicates the number of underlying data sources on which the governance score (respectively the underlying governance estimate) is based. The confidence intervals include the lower and upper bound of the 90% confidence interval for the governance score. Confidence intervals are a statistical range of values that likely contain the true value (of what is being estimated).